Railway Station Shop Allotment: The Indian Railways network is the fourth largest rail network in the world. Around 2.5 crore passengers travel in Indian Railways every day. This number is almost equal to the total population of Australia. Now even trains in India have become modern. At the same time, railway platforms are also being made of high level quality. If you have traveled by train. You must have often seen a lot of shops at train stations. In which there are food shops, book shops and shops of other types of goods. But do you know that anyone can set up a shop at the railway station. What is the procedure for that? How is a shop allotted at a railway station? Let us know.
You can apply like this
Indian Railways issues tenders for catering in trains and tenders for setting up food stalls or other stalls at railway stations. There is a process for this. In which the applicant has to fulfill all the conditions mentioned. Only after this he is issued a license to set up a shop. The responsibility of this rests with IRCTC. IRCTC looks after everything from food to other work in trains.
If you also want to apply to open a shop. So for this you will have to apply for it by going to the tender area of the official website of IRCTC and the official website of Indian Railways. There you will see all the information and rules related to this process.
How much rent do you have to pay?
India is a very big country. It also has different types of railway stations. A railway station is very busy. Where many passengers travel. Many railway stations are also like this. Where very less number of passengers come. Along with this, the size and location of the shop you are buying at the railway station also matters. That is, which place are you taking shop on the platform of the railway station?
That also decides the rent and price of your shop. Generally speaking, the cost of opening a tea or coffee, food or book shop can range from Rs 50 thousand to Rs 5 lakh. You can get complete information about this from the Railway Department or you can go to the official website and the information will be given to you after applying.
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